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an undercover fbi agent got in touch with him. in the course of their discussions he came up with this plot to attack a target in chago. and last night, according to the fbi, he was given a phony bomb, drove it in a jeep cherokee to a bar in downtown chicago, parked it outside, walked away and tried to detonate it. once he did he was arrested by the fbi. he's now in custody. he had a brief uhappearance befe a magistrate today. he'll be back in federal court on monday. law enforcement officials tell nbc news he's a misguided, angry 18-year-old. lester? >> john yang in our chicago bureau. thanks. >>> things are much quieter though the middle east remains a tinder box after several days of anti-american demonstrations, at times turning violent. at this hour the state department and the military are taking efforts to step up security at u.s. embassies across the region. jim maceda joins us from cairo. good evening. >> reporter: hello, lester. the state department is closing embassies temporarily in sudan and yemen warning of travel ri
an undercover fbi agent got in touch with him. in the course of their discussions he came up with this plot to attack a target in chago. and last night, according to the fbi, he was given a phony bomb, drove it in a jeep cherokee to a bar in downtown chicago, parked it outside, walked away and tried to detonate it. once he did he was arrested by the fbi. he's now in custody. he had a brief uhappearance befe a magistrate today. he'll be back in federal court on monday. law enforcement officials...
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we understand that a team of fbi agents has arrived in benghazi and they have begun their investigation to try to determine who was responsible for the attack on the u.s. consulate that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. we know that they will be sifting through the rubble and ashes at the u.s. consulate and identifying individuals who may have played a role in that assault. we also understand that u.s. intelligence agent sits have deployed their assets across the country to try to pick up any intelligence that can help in that search. all indications right now according to libyan officials is this is a pre-planned attack. they have identified a few individuals. four are in custody of the libyan government. they believe these individuals may have some information that may be of value as to who is responsible for the attack. they also say they have several others under the libyan government surveillance. right now though all fingers are pointing to at least one militant group here that is closely affiliated with or at least inspired by al qaeda. that group though denies
we understand that a team of fbi agents has arrived in benghazi and they have begun their investigation to try to determine who was responsible for the attack on the u.s. consulate that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. we know that they will be sifting through the rubble and ashes at the u.s. consulate and identifying individuals who may have played a role in that assault. we also understand that u.s. intelligence agent sits have deployed their assets across the country to...
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>> reporter: well, the fbi is expected to arrive, as you know, randi, in libya today. they are trying to keep somewhat of a low profile because their presence there is a sensitive one. we do know from a source with knowledge of the investigation that agents have been conducting interviews outside the country trying to gather as much information as they can about what happened in benghazi. investigators also plan to gather information on those people who are arrested by libyan authorities. now the libyan authorities have already come out and said that they don't believe those people who are custody had any direct knowledge or direct contact with the people who had carried this out, but they are trying to figure out exactly where that leads by gathering background information on those people. >> and what is the intelligence on this so far here in the u.s.? i mean, did the u.s. know anything at all ahead of time? wasn't there some type of warning that went out? >> yeah. there's a little bit of monday morning quarterbacking going on, with all of the intelligence that's com
>> reporter: well, the fbi is expected to arrive, as you know, randi, in libya today. they are trying to keep somewhat of a low profile because their presence there is a sensitive one. we do know from a source with knowledge of the investigation that agents have been conducting interviews outside the country trying to gather as much information as they can about what happened in benghazi. investigators also plan to gather information on those people who are arrested by libyan authorities....
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. >> reporter: a team of fbi investigators has arrived here in benghazi. they're gogt to now begin sifting through the rebel and ashes at the u.s. consulate to identify any clues or evidence that may help them in identifying who is behind the attack that killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. we also understand that the libyan government for their part is cooperating with the u.s. intelligence agencies and other agencies involved in the investigation. the libyan government believes that this was a preplanned attack, that this was not a spontaneous outburst of violence as some have suggested. so far they have four individuals in their custody. they say several more are under surveillance. they are trying to see whether these individuals have any important information that can benefit the american investigation. meanwhile, u.s. intelligence assets including unmanned aerial drones are keeping an eye above the skies of benghazi and eavesdropping on the people below to see if there's any communication that could also shed some light onto tuesday'
. >> reporter: a team of fbi investigators has arrived here in benghazi. they're gogt to now begin sifting through the rebel and ashes at the u.s. consulate to identify any clues or evidence that may help them in identifying who is behind the attack that killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. we also understand that the libyan government for their part is cooperating with the u.s. intelligence agencies and other agencies involved in the investigation. the libyan government...